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Last Saturday afternoon,
an official opening was held
at the Miners' Hall, the Lions
Park and the newly-added
tea room at the museum.
While it was the official
opening of the Miners Hall,
work is not yet complete on
all phases of the grand old
building. I'm told that
considerable additional
tasks must be completed in
the lower floors of the hall,
but it will be available for
use with various functions
which require only the street
level part of the structure.
The Lions Park is of
course on a paying basis now
with around 20 sites, a
number of them paved and
all equipped with lights and
water. Shower and toilet
facilities are available at a
central location and the big,
new barbecue building will
accommodate a crowd of
upwards of 50 people, where
all can be comfortably
seated. There is also room
for benches to be placed
under cover around the outer
perimeter of the building for
a large number of other
people. It is indeed a joy to
behold.

The tea room at the brother, Paddy last week.
museum is an attractive, Mike, of course, is a
well-equipped building with Rossland resident and works
an outdoor area and tables for Cominco. His brother is a
and parsols for dining out in tall, good-looking, young
the fresh air and in the man who left our town in the
1950's to make a living for
shade, too.
Last weekend I also ran himself in education. Today,
into Mike Evans, who is at he is assistant superinhome on a visit. Mike was tendent of schools in North
the young man who promp- Vancouver and looks every
ted me to write a column inch the super educated
asking whether something young man who looks after
could be done about the the young people of our
Miner's Hall. I did that, and country for the early part of
the idea was picked up by their lives. I'll bet Paddy Sr.
somebody who could see and his good wife are proud
something good in the old of him.
building, which was just
Now to golf: another hot
standing there rotting away. day greeted over 30 retirees
Work was started on it very on the upper course on
shortly afterward and with Tuesday. It also marked the
the help of the . Heritage return of an old friend whom
Society and a number of we have missed on the
well-meaning people, Mike's course this season. Noland
dream became a reality. I, Garrison, who lives on the
along with a number of old Deep Lake road out of
others, believe the Waneta. He is a regular
renovations, cosily as they visitor to our country and a
have been, will some day in real golf bug. Last year he
the not-too-distant future won an award for being the
turn out to be a real boon to oldest golfer to play the
upper course in competition
our city.
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While on the subject of regularly, at the age of 81.
visitors to our town, I ran Today, he looks not a day
into Mike Bell and his older older and still loves the

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game. He also plays Birchbank on occasion.
The reason for his not
being here before, he tells
me, is that he pulled a tendon
in his thigh and had to be
hospitalized. He's all over
that now and able to enjoy
his game again. I did notice
that he seemed to enjoy the
ride on Al Turner's wagon
around the upper layout on
Tuesday.
• The competition on
Tuesday was run by two
Joe's, Bielli and Rosse, and
well-handled too. Clyde
Nyman and Wes Tanner tied
for low net with 35's. Bud
Comba was alone at 44 for
low gross. Gord McLaren
and Phil Leduc tied for low
on hidden hole 3's on No. 4
while Sam Maher had an 8 on
No. 6 for a closest - to - the pin no No. 9 with his third
shot. Rich Watkinson could
have taken that honor but his
second shot found some deep
rough in a hole behind the
g_reen and his chip came up
short by a couple of feet.
Munro Pickering, our
likeable chief at the upper
course, tells me he has quite
a collection of lost and found

clubs, mostly irons, that he
would like some people to
claim. he says he is getting
quite a bunch and they are
beginning to become a bit of
a nuisance, so next time you
are down at the club, see
Munro and find out if one of
them mar be yours.
We are looking for
volunteers to handle next
week's competition, so if you
have a chum and the two of
you can help, give me a buzz
and let me know. Thank you,
in advance.
Well, as you read this one,
I'll be celebrating my, birthday. In fact, I'lf be
celebrating more than one
occasion. John McFarland
and his son John Jr. are both
two days after mine.
More sport fans around
Rossland will remember an
outstanding young hockey
player who toiled for the '
Warriors a few years back.
His name was Robby
Sherstobitoff and on the 13th
- that's my brithday - he
will be entering a new phase
of his life. Rob's getting wed
and I wish him all the luck in
the world.